Voting commenced in Comoros on Sunday for an election anticipated to grant President Azali Assoumani a fourth five-year term. Five opponents challenged him in a vote that some opposition figures opted to boycott. The polls opened at 8am for the 338,940 registered voters, concluding at 6pm. Despite the nation’s history of coups since gaining independence from France in 1975, concerns about irregular migration to the nearby French island of Mayotte linger. Allegations of election commission bias by certain opposition leaders have led to a call for a boycott, countered by…
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